Ivan Lendl (CZE)

Birth date:3.7.1960

Birthplace:Ostrava, Czechoslovakia

Current Residence:Goshen, Connecticut

Current Champions Rank:

Highest Champions Rank:8

Current Year Record:

BIOGRAPHY

Lendl was one of the game's most dominant players in the 1980s and remained a top competitor into the early 1990s. Lendl's game relied particularly on strength and heavy topspin from the baseline and helped usher in the modern era of "power tennis". He himself described his game as "hitting hot", a relentless all-court game that was coming to dominate in tennis.

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

+Highest World Ranking #1

+Lendl won 8 Grand Slam titles during his ATP career. Winning 3 U.S. Open titles, 3 French Open titles, and 2 Australian Open titles.